Button.



No. 627,506. Patented lune 27, I899. S. KAUFFMANN. BUTTON.

(Application filed Oct. 7, 1896.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

SAMUEL KAUFFMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,506, dated June 27,1899.

Application filed October 7 1896.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL KAUFFMANN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ohicage, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inButtons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to buttons, and particularly to means for fasteningsame to garments.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a button which may beattached to garments without sewing, and, second, to provide attachingmeans adapted for buttons either with or without fabric covering. Iaccomplish these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a button, bottom upward, constructedaccording to my invention, showing the pin in its locked position, aswhen attached to a garment. Fig. 2 is a'perspective view of the sameparts with the pin open, showing the flange 5 on the cap C in its properposition before same is bent in over the member B. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the cap 0 with its flange 5 in the same position asin Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the member B detached fromthe cap and pin. Fig. 5 is a central section of the member B through thehook l and slot 2. Fig. 6 is a similar section, including the partsshown in Fig. 1.

The pin A consists of a piece of wire bent double, with its free endspointed.

The member B consists of a piece of sheet metal out and stamped so as toform a disk having a flange 8 for holding the body of the member B awayfrom the body of the cap 0, having the openings 6 7, with the depressedcentral part 4 between same, a tongue projecting into the opening 6 andbent to form a hook or loop 1, the cut 2 forming an eXtension of theopening 7, so as to provide the latch-lips 3, which are depressed toprevent accidental disengagement of the pin.

The parts are connected by first attaching the pin to the hook 1, thenpressing the member B into the cap 0, and then bending the flange 5 inupon the member B. It will be Serial No. 608,188. (No model.)

seen that a fabric cover may be put upon the cap before the flange isthus bent in, so that said cover will be retained thereby.

The button is attached to a garment by forcing the points of the pinthrough the material and then pressing same together and through the cut2 and allowing same to spread apart to their normal position, so as tobe held under the latch-lips 3.

The central part 4 of the member 13 is depressed to allow sufficientspace for the part of the garment which is engaged by the pin.

I do not confine myself to any particular form of the hook 1, thelatch-lips 3, or the pin A.

It is an advantage in the manufacture of the button to make the member Bof a single piece, and I therefore prefer the construction shown.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A button, comprising a cap, a member B secured to said cap and havingan opening 6 near one edge with a hook or loop projecting from said edgetoward the opening, and an opening 7 near the opposite edge, withlatchlips projecting inwardly from said opposite edge and having adepressed central part 4 between said openings; and a pin consisting oftwo pointed members hinged to said hook at their base, and adapted tohave their pointed ends depressed into the opening 7 so as to be engagedby said lips; substantially as described.

2. A button, comprising the member B having a flange or projection 8 andhaving a de pressed central part 4, with a hook or loop on one side, andlatch-lips on the opposite side and having an opening 6 between saidpart 4 and said hook and an opening 7 between said latch-lips incombination with a pin consisting of two pointed members hinged to saidhook at their base, and adapted to have their pointed ends engaged bysaid latch-lips substantially as described.

SAMUEL KAUFFMANN.

